Washing-machine



W. B. HALLIDAY. WASHING MACHINE.

APPLICATION FILED JUNE 24. I919.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

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WILLIAM B. HALLIDAY, OF LOS ANGELES, CALIFORNIA.

WASHING-MACHINE.

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Be it known that 1, WILLIAM B. HALLL;

DAY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Los Angeles, in the county of Los Angeles and State of California, have invented new and useful Improvements in Washing- Machines, of which the following is a specification.

My object is to make a washing machine, and my invention consists of the novel features herein shown, described and claimed.

Figure 1 is a vertical longitudinal section of a wash boiler with a washing machine embodying the principles of my invention in use, the washing machine being shown in side elevation.

Fig. 2 is an enlarged perspective of the washing machine removed from the boiler, parts being broken away and shown in section.

Fig. 3 is a fragmentary horizontal section 011 the line 3-3 of Fig. 1.

Fig. 4 isa perspective of a modified form of the circulating flue.

Referring to the drawings in detail the washing machine 1 is adapted to be placed upon the bottom 2 of the wash boiler 3 and then the wash boiler filled with water and garments 4 substantially to the line 5; then as the wash boiler is heated to boil the water the washing machine circulates the hot water around and through the clothes.

The details of the washing machine 1 are as follows:

The flat top 6 is made two or three times as long as it is wide. A straight wall 7 extends downwardly from the edge of the flat top 6 all the way around except that there is a space 8 between the vertical end edges 9 and 10 of the wall 7 forming an inlet opening. A vertical wall 11 extends from the wall 7 at the opposite end from the opening 8 about three-quarters of the distance to the opening 8 and at the trans verse center, the wall 11 extending downwardly from the top 6. Walls 12 and 13 extend downwardly from the top 6 parallel with the wall 11 and equally spaced each side of the wall 11, said walls 12 and 13 being connected by a wall portion 14 spaced a distan e from the end of the wall 11 equal to the distances between the wall 11 and the walls 12 and 13. A wall 15 extends Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented Apr. 27, 1920.

Application filed June 24, 1919. Serial No. 306,432.

from the wall 12 and the portion 14 to the wall 7.

The object of the specific construction of the parts 7, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13,14 and 15 is to produce a passage consisting of the portion 16 leading from the opening 8 to the near end of the wall 14, the portion 17 leading between the walls 7 and 13, the por tion 18 leading between the walls 13 and 11, the portion 19 leading between the end of the wall 11 and the portion 14, the portion 20 leading between the Walls 11 and 12, the portion 21 leading between the walls 12 and 7, and the well portion 22 partially surrounded by the wall 15. r

A flange 24 is secured to the top 6 directly over the well portion 22, a flue 25 extends upwardly from the flange 24, and an elbow 26 or a T 27 is connected to the upper end of the flue 25.

A secondary top 28 is secured to the upper edges of the wall 7 and arched over the top 6, the secondary wall 28 being shorter at both ends than the top 6, and there being an end plate 29 connecting the secondary top 28 to the top 6 near the flue 25 and an end plate 30 connecting the other end of the secondary top 28 to the top 6.

Inlet openings 31 and 32 are formed through the ends of the end plate 29 just above the top 6, and an outlet opening 33 is formed through the end plate at its vertical center just below the high part of the secondary top 28, and similar openings 34 and 35 are formed through the end plate 30, so that when the washing machine is in operation water will pass inwardly through the lower openings 31, 32 and 34 and outwardly through the upper openings 33 and 35 to make a circulation in the lower part of the water and garments 4.

The washing machine thus constructed fits in the wash boiler 3, as shown in Fig. 1,

eration will boil the water within the washing machine and cause the water to flow outwardly from the top of the flue on top of the mass of clothing, and this supply of water will be replenished by more water flowing in through the opening 8 and How in and out between the top 6 and the secondary top 28 and cause a circulation in the bottom of the boiler, thus establishing a complete and rapid circulation of the water through the clothing.

Thus I have produced a washing machine comprising an inclosure adapted to rest upon the bottom of a wash boiler and having an inlet opening and a tortuous passage leading to a vertical outlet flue, so that when the water becomes hot it will circulate inwardly through the tortuous passage and outwardly through the flue.

opening, walls extending downwardly from the flat top within the first wall and forming a tortuous passage leading from the in- 7 let opening to a Well portion, a-flue extending upwardly from the well portion, and a secondary top mounted above the flat topand forming an inclosure having low inlet openings and high outlet openings.

In testimony name to this specification.

WM. B. HALLIDAY.

whereof Ihave signed my 

